A befuddling game whose creator attempts to mask its incoherent world and sloppy game design with suggestions of intrigue and profundity.

Filled with flaws, underwhelming action and lack of staying power, Assassin's Creed composes a chronicle of mediocrity.

For all of its shiny exterior, Daytona Rush is a bit of an old banger underneath.

Ultrawings delivers a fun simulator experience which suffers thanks to the absence of VR and its use of the Switch's tech.

Guardian Cross presents itself like a strategic card battler mixed with a classic JRPG, but it lacks any of the depth necessary to pull such a thing off.

Greedy Dwarf has solid arcadey presentation and mostly enjoyable gameplay, but it's far too short on variety and content.

Sonic Jump Fever takes away more than it adds, and ends up feeling hollow compared to its more impressive sibling.

Narnia may have waited 1,300 years for salvation, but despite hosting a neat combat system and the inclusion of Disney's innovative DGamer portal, Prince Caspian sadly turns out to be a right royal disappointment.

The potential for something brilliant's there. But annoyances and balancing issues prevent Cube Tactics from being anything other than a disappointment.

With only one game out of the five on offer being anything more than average, we really couldn't recommend this as a worthwhile purchase at full price. It's worth grabbing from the bargain bin for Block Breaker Deluxe alone, though.

D-Day's strategic undertones are welcome, but overall the game is too drawn out and generally lacking in tension to truly captivate, other than in short sporadic bursts.

The game of the film of the book has exploration, adventuring, action, and loads of mini-games but Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ends up being a confusing mush of ideas.

A gorgeous art style and some really clever concepts can't paper over the fundamental cracks in rComplex's design.

Nitro looks and sounds impressive, but under the bonnet you’ll find a racer which is hampered by a poor free-to-play system and saddled with strangely unexciting on-road action.

A twitchy control system ensures that Draggy Dead is not quite DOA, but it won't live too long on your iPhone or iPad.

A port that exposes too many of the fragilities of the original, Drawn to Life is spread a little too thin to recommend.

A competent freemium card-collecting RPG that lacks the spark or tactical depth to prompt you into exploring or spending further.

First Wood War is an attractive real-time strategy game, but numerous issues with its controls, difficulty level, and grind-heavy gameplay serve to set fire to the developer's noble ambitions.

Slow pacing, unusual level design, and missing features prevent Cowboys Vs Zombies from hitting its target.

Noa Noa could have pushed the story further and updated the mini-games that you need to play, but instead focused on cute graphics and a large number of pets.

A fun, addictive concept ultimately bogged down by intrusive IAPs and a cumbersome interface.

Despite its reputation as a Japanese classic, the real puzzle about Puyo Pop Fever is who needs it on DS?

It's a three lane auto-runner with Lara Croft in it, and that's pretty much all I have to say.

A game that never lives up to its central idea, Haunt the House: Terrortown is spoilt by clumsy controls.

George: Scared of the Dark has its moments, but it has too many frustrations to really recommend.

Lots of bitty components fail to amount to much of anything in this slightly thin sci-fi spin-off.

Demonrock: War of Ages is a decent casual strategy game that lacks the necessary tactical variation and overall polish to keep you returning to the battlefield.

A clever game lacking basic features and polish, Chicken Coup feels like a good game just waiting to be hatched.